What is the locavore movement? This is a question that many people ask when they first here about it. The locavore movement is about growing or buying food locally. “Eating locally has grown …show more content…
If you include the emissions from actually going to the store, how we each get to the store has an amazingly larger impact on the environment than that of how far the items we buy actually travelled to the store (McDermott). The carbon benefits of eating local food are nuanced. The emissions that one can reduce this way represent only a minority of the total transportation emissions associated with one’s diet. Driving to grocery stores or restaurants produces a much larger quantity of greenhouse gas emissions, and the benefits of avoiding these errands are clear-cut. From a global warming perspective, one should focus on minimizing food-related travel when pursuing a locavore diet